Emporium Hamburg
Auction 81-83 23-26 Oct 2018
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An extremely fine Archaic bronze ritual wine vessel "Jue"
The Deep U-shaped body supported by three tall flared legs to an open mouth set to one side with a flat pointed rim and to the other with a channelled spout flanked by a pair of posts crowned with rounded knobs, the body decorated with a band of Taotie masks divided into panels by 4 vertical ridges and a rimmed loop handle, with a fine green patina.
Height: 16cm
Style of: Late Shang / Early Zhou (11th – 10th century BC) Antiques Analytics states 'produced in the 20th century' (Sample AA 18-08065)
D.Deydier, Les Bronzes Chinois, pg.49 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). Orientations Nov 1992, pg.58, fig.9. http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2015/fine-chinese-ceramics-works-art-l15210/lot.228.html. http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2015/chinese-works-of-art-n09317/lot.160.html
The Deep U-shaped body supported by three tall flared legs to an open mouth set to one side with a flat pointed rim and to the other with a channelled spout flanked by a pair of posts crowned with rounded knobs, the body decorated with a band of Taotie masks divided into panels by 4 vertical ridges and a rimmed loop handle, with a fine green patina.
Height: 16cm
Style of: Late Shang / Early Zhou (11th – 10th century BC) Antiques Analytics states 'produced in the 20th century' (Sample AA 18-08065)
D.Deydier, Les Bronzes Chinois, pg.49 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). Orientations Nov 1992, pg.58, fig.9. http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2015/fine-chinese-ceramics-works-art-l15210/lot.228.html. http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2015/chinese-works-of-art-n09317/lot.160.html